The Glossary

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A

Accessory Decoder

Address

Amp

Analogue Control

Armature

B

Backscene

Ballast

Bogies

Booster

Boxcar

Broad gauge

Brushes

Buffer Beam

C

Canopy

Carriage

Carriage Shed

Catch Point

Catenary

Cattle Wagon

CCT

CDU

Chair

Check Rail

Coaling Stage

Command Station

Common Return

Coupling Rod

Crank

Crosshead

Crossing

Cutout

Cutting

D

DC

DCC

Decoder

Diamond

Disc Wheels

Distance Signals

Double Crossover

E

Embankment

Engine Shed

F

Facing Point

Feedback

Fiddle Yard

Finescale

Fishplate

Flyover

Footplate

G

Gantry

Gauges

Goods Shed

Ground Frame

GWR

H

Home Signals

I

Inner Home Signal

Inoperable Signal

J

Junction

Junction Signal

K

Kettle

King Lever

L

Lever Frame

LMS

LNER

Loading Gauge

Locomotive

Lower Quadrant Signal

Low Relief

M

MPD

N

Narrow Gauge

O

Ohm

Outer Home Signal

P

Pantograph

Platelayer

Platform

Points

Point Motor

Point Rodding

Polarity

Prototype

Q

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R

Rails

Rail Joiner

Ready To Run

Rectifier

RTR see Ready To Run

Reverse Loop

Reversing Switch

Rolling Stock

Roundhouse

S

Scale

Scenic Break

Scissors Crossover

Scratchbuilt

Section

Semaphore Signal

Short Circuit

Shunting

Shunting Signal

Siding

Signals

Signal Box

Signal Cabin see Signal Box

Six Foot Way

Sleepers

Solenoid

SR

Standard Gauge

Starting Signal

Station

T

Tank Locomotive

Tender

Terminus

Ties see Sleepers

Track Plan

Track Underlay

Trailing Points

Transformer

Tunnel

Turnout see Points

Turntable

U

Uncoupling Ramp

Upper Quadrant Signal

V

Viaduct

Volt

W

Wagon

Wagon Turntable

Water Crane

Water Tower

Watt

X Y and Z

Y Point